Plattsmouth weekly journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1881-1901, October 26, 1898, Image 3

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    A WOMAN'S LIFE WORK.
DEVOVED TO THE CAUSE OF
SUFFERING HUMANITY;
aawsawawawi m
utterly Miserable for Thirteen
Years Because of a Helpless In-
Tirmity-Now Able to Help
Others.
(From the St. Lawrence Piaindeajer.
eamon, n. y.)
To suffer for Tears with a prevailing
painful aliment, which baffled skillful
medical treatment, yet which was re
stored by a simple household remedy is
ine lot which befell Mrs.. Geo. I Rog
ers or West Main Street, Camden. N. Y.
"Thirteen years ago," said Mrs. Roe
ers to a reporter, "I was attacked with
Inflammatory rheumatism and a com
plication of diseases.-
T cannot begin to describe my. 'sat
ferings during that time. "
"You can Judge somewhat of what
I endured when you look at these
hands.
They .were distorted;- twisted
and swollen. My foot, too. Is, so much
y.L"V:Z: -ine .e lY
hitiiss ine uiners, mf ena .toucning me
ittti mo. .
Notwithstanding I am sixty-five
years old. have a pleasant home and
uiner lumiuris, me lu me was iar l rum
eniovabie. for ail othpr thin r,i into
insignificance when you are without
good health.
I tried different doctors and many
nent benefit was -obtained.
"Last March I tried Dr. "Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People and before
i naa niusnea ine nrsi dox i Degan 11
feel that they were doing me good. I
continued using them and steadily
grew better.
"I have used thirteen boxes of the
pills and today feel better than- for; the
pat nrteen years,
My appetite Is good, I feel bright,
cheerful and have a desire to live and
en.y80cItty ,
"I have been a member of the Meth-
odist church for many years, but for
six years was unable to attend. I am
able now to attend the cbyrch services
regularly and certainly appreciate that
nrivileee. . . . . ...
1 consider Dr.. Williams'. Pink Pills
for Pale People a wonderful medicine
and am confident no other medicine
aa 1 s4 ItAttA t 4"j-4 a A i'Anrlatfiil ml rn
thev have In mv case.
"I am glad to state thlA. hoping, that
some sufferer may profit by It and ob-
? . .... .
complished this cure caused by Impure
blood, fof Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People are composed of ; vegetable'
remedies that exert a powerful Influ
ence In purifying and enriching the
blood. Many diseases long supposed by
the medical profession to be incurable
have succumbed to the potent Influence
of these pills. This universal remedy
Is sold by all druggists.
BOILED DOWN.
The fight between-Jack McClelland
and Yock Hennlger, which was pulled
off at Carnegie, ended in the sixth
round with Hennlger virtually" knocke.1
out.
Jn a fire following the explosion of a
gasoline stove Mrs. Fei.ena.-Johnson ct
Chicago was burned to death and her,
Walter, 4 years cf age, and Harvey, 5
years old. were turned eo badly that
they cannot recover.
Eleven of the twenty Indians wanted
by the authorities started for Duluth
under a guard cf soldiers. Bug and
Ms son refused to surrender, but the
Indians say that they think they can
bring them in. " '
As a result of a conference It. la.'ari- I
nounced that the long pending deal
will be closed at Cincinnati by which
the English syndicate secures thirteen
Cincinnati breweries and two In Cov-I
Ingtcn and Newport, Ky.; also
large malt houses in Cincinnati.
two
The Seventh regiment. Colonel Mar.
cus Kavanaugh commanding, was mus
tered out of the volunteer service of
the United States yesterday.
The city council of Pana, 111 . by
vote of 7 to 2 reinstated the old police
force whom Mayor Warren Pen well,
son cf Operator George X. Penwell. re
moved October 1 on account -of their
sympathy with -union miners.
The committee on procedure of the
Ind'jFtrial commission at Washington.
D. C, adjourned until November 11.
when they will complete their recom
mendations regarding the scop ad
plan of. the work to be carried on by
the commission.
TRIMS-
Do you get up "with a
headache?
Is there a bad taste in
your mouth ? -
Then you have a poor
appetite and a weak diges-.
tion. You are frequently '
dizzy, always feel dull and
drowsy. You have cold
hands and feet. You get
but little benefit from your
food. You have no ambition
to work and the sharp pains
of neuralgia dart through
your body.
What is the cause of all
this trouble?
Constipated bowels
will ijfre you prompt relief
anV certain cure.
Tour Bloom" Am ' -
you have neglected your
ii a long time, you had
mm
LA ilrfJWVy
A
yhi jgers sirs;
r V i it win 1
.1 Irities that
1 Inulating In
v. - - 1 ftiill retlv
remove all
have been
your blood
strengthen
' I fnerve8, - -J
Tito tho Doc
may be omethlnf alwns
ti. dveur freely: tell
tly wlt ts
yyvv
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V
rANIAROS IGNORE ORDtH
3LANCO SNUBS OUR AMERJ
CAN COMMISSION.
Corn m'ssioners Declare They Are
as Powerless as. Three Little
School Boys and Want Uncle
Sam to Do Spmethlnff."
Havana, Cuba. (Special ) (Via Kej
West.) Through no weakness or mis
take of Its own. the American commis
slon occupies a position humiliating ir
the extreme. It has made several de
mands upon the Spanish authoritiei
J only to have them Ignored.
I As cabled some time ago. Genera
Blanco advertised an auction sale ol
. ,
brass and bronze cannon. This was
called to the attention of the Amer
kan commission, who sent a peremp-
i . . ..... .
Mcry note forbidding the sale
I uenerai ; ttuuer jnsiruciea nis aia
Carta:n Frceke. to Investigate. The
l,..-.. ,Vo, . r.t th ran
Ucn offrtd tor f&le were 200 years eld
tr.d because cf tfcci? peculiar ratterr
ifyj the intricate etching upon them, ol
I m ,,.1,'e
1 Though tf obsolete type, these gur.a
Here' in petition, being mounted In th
different fortificatiens about the city
There could be r.o question about tie
right of the United States to demand
possession by right of conquest, but
held as advertised and th
.
suns brought a trlfU less than HiOO.OW
The American asked for a deacrlp-
t!on of the property to" be sold, and
were: toll It was noth'.ns but oil Junk
Tapta'.n Brooks succeeied In obtaining
a copy of the list an! found some of
,he cannon8 yere of twelve-inch call
I
tr. while more than a score were of
e'.ght;-lnch. caliber
Captain Brooks attended the sale by
Urder of General Butler and took copl-
pus notes of the proceedings, which will
be embodied In a report to w asning-
ton. It Is still hoped the sale may oe
set aside. . , .... ...
Captain Brocks also learned that the
military machine ihep was being par
tially dismantled. The costliest shaft-
r.g er.d the latest rattern cf lathes
were teir.g" packed for shipment to
Spain.
Another matter that has been an
noying to the commission is the calm
manner lh which the protest against
t V v w ai w s oe f f cril".ft. frr.TTi fhf A 1 -
li.C a J 11.VU1I c
XII was igrored. General Wade
ir.r.cunced to General B!anco that tho'
the guns originally belonged to the
;ruiser Alfonso XII., having once beer;
jsedfn the defense of Havana, they be
.ame part cf these defenses and m"st
ccordingly be turned over to the Unit
ed States.
The Spanish commission communicat
ed with Madrid and Tecelved a repiy
that this was -a matter for discussion
oy tne pari9 commission, and that it in
manner concerned the ccn.mlssicn
pp0inUj to arrange tot the evacuation
lf ruba. clr:c- then the work of re-
placing the cannon of the Alfonso XII.
has proceeded without interruption.
though frequent protests have been
oiade by General Wade. Admiral Samp-
i0n and General Butler.
One of the commissioners said:
"Unless we have authority ani power
to back up our demands we are of no
more use in Havana than three school
soys would be. We Ml .the Spaniards
. . a jaw... r. rA-flOil
what snouia oe acme ano me
as they please.
'If I had my way I would hring down
warehips-and take possession of the
ustom house and ether branches or tne
government.
The sooner the Spanish soldiers
leave the sooner Cuba be rid of the
yellow fever ep'.Jamic In the Wooden
ta'racks In Regis over 400 soldiers died
last week. There exist there all sorts
cf fever."
CLAIMS A BROKEN AGREEMENT
AffoncHIo Makes Statement Which'
Cerer&l Merrltt Denies.
London (Special) The Globe pub
lishes an Interview which a correspond
ent hal with Agoncillo. the represent
ative of Agulnaldo. before the former
left Hong Kong for San Francisco on
hlj was ta Washington and Paris to
present the Insurgent leader's views, ifj
possible, before the United States peace
commission at the -French capital.
Agoncillo. in this Interview, is quoted
as declaring that the Insurgents had a
formal agreement with Rear Admiral
Dewey', whereby absolute freedom was
promised them in return for their as
sistance. When Agoncillo was asicea
If the agreement was in writing, he
said; "No, we da net regard the Unit
ed States as a grasping power and felt
that a verbal agreement was quite auf.
flcient."
Major General Wesley Merrltt dis
credits the" statement attributed - to
AgonclKo by the Globe's correspondent
at'Hcr.g Kcng. General Merrltt said
that from conversations he had with
Admiral Dewey he was , satisfied that
ro agreement r,a ncin micitu nm
with the Philippine leaders. The gen
ral added:
If the Filipinos were allowed Inde
pendence ipow it would result In fght-
Ing between the leaders, which would
be more disastrous than any revolution
which has hitherto broken out. Aguln-
a!Jo s -following Is slim, anl if ther
were an election today I d not belleva
he would be chosen as pres'.ednt."
Fair Tenant How Is It there Is n
tot water In my room?
Jir.ltcr 1 can't let 1t run up to the
Iptjrlh ftor.
fair Ter.tr t Why tot?
Ja.ltcr It might ft overheated.
A man was s'.ttlng In a restaurant
eating oysters. In came an Irishman
ard said: "Ol'li "bet a dime thot Cd
ccn ett. oystttrs fasir.er tfcan yea cce
,-i.en th'.m." '
-Dcr.e-" said the -shell cracker. '
At the end of an hour the man had
c-1 ened - sever.'.y-flve oysters, but the
Irishman had rp.ly been , able to eat
s:xty-ftve ; ; u 1
.jGettlr. up w ith difficulty. th Irish
n-.au said. "Ves win." laid down
dime ar.d walked out.
SHOCKING FEPORT OF DEATHS
Eight Hundred and Fifty Die Ir
Healthy October.
Havana. (Special.) The question Is
which admlnistrtion must meet and
which Is to bear the original expense
of improving the sanitary conditions ol
Havana. Colonel Warlng's report pre
sents only two- Integral propositions re
garding systems to be adopted and
methods to be pursued. He leaves th
administration to choose between th
two systems presented by him and ther
decide whether to order the work t
proceed at once or to take chances or
an epidemic following an Influx o
American visitors Into Cuba.
Dr. Brunner has Just forwarded tc
Washington complete records on th
mortality of Havana from January 1
to October 13. His figures are enourrh
to strike horror to the hearts of those
contemplating visiting the city. Hun
ger has caused no deaths tVis far ir
October, but fevers are still on the In
crease. Dr. Rrunner's figures deal only wit
the cltv proper. Military hnsnltals I
the suburbs would add materially tr
the totals. In fTitc of the fact thai
"avana wa oonsie'-ed nractlcallv fre
'mm yellow fever this year. pisrMe'
dled frrn that dlaonA during -T"'
twenty In Aticust. tweMv-three In P--tmher
and verten In the frst t Ir
teen rtav of October. The Increa o
tvrhnid fover I eturVf"". w ."OWt
Kv th following 1t of Months-Flftv-!.
In June. 7 In .Tlv. 17 in neii
In Ciprtpmhsr rd 19 In -he fir
lrtn rtav of Or-'1'"'.
Trrnloii rv rirr'e o f ftv-v
n In tP Arct th'-'T ."' ? Ooo
or. on lT.Cro)B of r.fr -ent nvor t-
.ppfir1' of ppv rrvlono r--"th. Tn
n,ct thirteen " n' r 'oVier Tv,3lar5'
'ever rnped H' death-'. T"flU1nr a to.
al of p'tt"" Tamia-w Dvser,terv 1
',ereacnE. h"f the 'ital tb fr tnT
the vear 1 1 052 f"-n entrrH'-.
e ponerallv caused v lark of food fir-f
Tlht "rlttei ptorvat'on. It
rnjipe flept'. S'nre lamiarv ?n
"nve fiil a A -?rect result of ctnrvn-
'lon Thoce w- nnvc nenrn mai in-
"avar rtlma 3 's rood for tuherou
al n l!t be f-e-eted in learning tha
43 (iied fr" that Hlifii" this year
vho total n-nnbe'- of dath. 84S In Oc-
nh3r. uua y a rairiv neaunv monin
ijiowo th inorease of all diseases.
Colonel Waring Is convinced that
ivl'h gool sewers, clean streets and the
rdinarv observance of the common
-i:les of sanitation it will decrease the
I e-A - A '
ronai :y Fercrn.
CUEAN-AMERICAN ROMANCE.
A Ercken Heart--Favlr Marlac--Su'c'de-
Teadweod. S D (Special ) A very
rr.antie love affa'r has Jusl come to
efct near Hermcsa. which has founda
tion enough fcr a brilliant novel.
Albert Martin was a rancher living
Jown near the Cheyenne river, in Zle
back county. When the call for volun
teers came he was one of the first to go
o the front.
He fought as a private at El Caney,
ir.d after the battle he met Ramona
Perez, the daughter cf an officer In
Sarcia's- command.
According to his own tdmlsslon he
r.ade as ardent love to her as his own
mperfect knowledge cf the Spanish
and her entire Ignorance of the Er.g-
Ish language would permit. He pro
fessed to have meant nothing serious,
towever. and suprcstd the girl also un
derstood It as merely a harmless flir
tation. It seems he was mistaken.
. Socn afterward he was attacked ty
fever and sent hc-me.cn sick leave. He
was engaged before his departure to
the war to the daughter of a neighbor
ing ranchman, and lest he be called
on to serve again when his furlough
expired arranged to be married last
week.
Meantime it appears his Cuban sweet
heart had been investigating the cause
of his disappearance. When she learn
ed he had gone home ill she resolved
to follow and nurs him. So she dress
ed herself in her brother's clothes,
crossed to Jamaica and there, finding
her money exhausted, stowed herself
away on a fruit schooner bound for
New Orleans.
The captain treated her with much
consideration when he discovered her
and tried to persuade her to return to
Cuba. She rejected his advice and
from New Orleans tramped up the Mis
sissippi and Missouri rivers and across
South Dakota to Hermosa.
When she reached Hermosa she
learned of her lover's approaching mar
riage with another young lady, an
American, living near bis ranch. She
Is now a raving" maniac.
At the same time the American girl
heard of her lover's unfaithfulness and
threw him . over. That night Martin
rode into Hermosa, drank heavily until
morning;, then started to return home.
A few hours later his body was found
floating in the Cheyenne. No one knows
whether he drowned himself purposely
"or blundered Into deep water while at
tempting to ford the stream in his in
toxicated condition.
Miss Helen Gould is to be presented
with-an album containing the auto
graphs of as many soldiers and sailors
as care to send them. They are to be
sent in letters, on paper suitable for
pasting in the album, which Is also to
contain a set of resolutions. There will
be no expense to the senders, and the
collection will form a memorial which
Miss Gould says she will value highly.
The little Count Castellane has to
work almost too hard for a count in
trying to get money out of the Goulds
The awful rumor is about that work is
stopped oh the red marble Castellane
Paris palace because tho countess and
her family found out that the count
had an arrangement with the builders
and architects by which he got 40 pei
cent commission. Anna Gould must
wish that she had stayed at home with
her good sister, Helen Gould.
The Inventor down in Baltimore whe
is said to have found a way of extract
ing wealth from sawdust appears in
significant beside Rev. Mr. Jernegar
and his gold-salted sea water.
General Blanco's orders that nobodj
wearing the Cuban uniform shall b
permitted to enter Havana will nol
work hardship on anybody, as no one
seems to know what the Cuban uniform
is.
Governor Tanner of Illinois was on
of five members of his family to sery
in the civil war. his father and threa
brothers enlisting with him. The fath
er and two of his sons died during th
progress of the' war. . "...
THE BOTTOMLESS JUG.
I saw it hanging P In the kitchen
of a thrifty, health sturdy farmer in
Oxford county. Mfne a bottomless
Jug! The hest si that the curious
thing was tak!ngr.y eye, and smiled
"You are wondflr.g what that Jug is
hanging up thetlfcr with its bottom
knocked out." fcf said. "My wife, per
haps, can tell 0 the story better than
I can; but she i bashful and I ain't, so
I'll tell it." J
"My fathe'as you are probably
aware, owne this farm before me. He
lived to a gd old age, worked hard all
his life, neer squandered money, was
a cautlourtrader and a good calcula
tor; and, a men were accounted in his
day and eneratlon, he was a temperate
man. " was the youngest boy; and
when ie old man was ready to go
and h knew it the others agreed that
elncel had stayed at home and taken
careof the old folks, the farm should
be line and to me it was willed. I had
ben married then three years.
Well, father died mother had gone
iree years before and left the farm to
ne, with a mortgage on it for two
thousand dollars. I'd never thought
of it before. - I said to Mollie, my wife:
" 'Mollie, look here. Here father's
had this farm in its first strength of
soil, with its magnificent timber and
his six sons, as tl.ey grew up, equal to
so many men to help him; and he work
ed hard, worked early and late, and
yet look at it! A mortgage of two thou
sand dollars. What can I do?
"And I went to that Jug it had a
bottom In It then end tock a good stiff
drink of old Medford rum from it.
"I noticed a curious loko on the face
of my wife Just then, and I asked her
what she thought of it, for I supposed
she was thinking of what I'd been talk
ing about. And so she was, for she
said:
"'Charles, I've thought of this a
great deal, and I've thought of a way
in which I believe I can clear this
mortgage off before five years are end
ed.' "Says I: "Mollie, tell me how you'll
do It.
"She thought for a while, and then
said, with a funny twinkling in her eye
says she:
" 'Charlie, you must promise me this,
and promise me sdemnly and sacred
ly: Promise me that you will never
bring home for the purpose of drink
ing for a beverage, at any time, any
more spirits than you can bring in that
old Jug the Jug your father has used
ever since I knew him, and which you
have used since he was done with It."
"Well. I knew father used, once In
a while, especially in Haying time, and
in winter when we were at work In the
woods, to get an old gallon Jug filled;
so I thought she meant that I should
never buy more than two quarts at a
time. 1 thought it ever, and after a
little while told her that I would agree
to It.
"'Now mind, said she, you are nev
er to bring home any more spirits than
you can bring In that identical Jug.'
And I gave her the promise.
"And before I went to bed that night
I took the last pull at that Jug. As I
was turning out for a sort of night cap.
Mollie looked up, and says she: 'Char
lie, have you got a drop left?"
"There was Just about a drop left.
We'd have to get it filled on the mor
row. Then she said, if I had no objec
tion, she would drink that last drop
with me. I shall never forget how she
said It 'that last drop!' However. I tip
ped the old Jug bottom up. and got
about a great spoonful, and Mollie said
that was enough. She took the tumbler
and poured a few drops of hot water
Into it and a bit of sugar, and then
she tinkled her glass against mine. Just
as she had seen us boys do when we'd
been drinking to good luck, and says
she: 'Here's to the old brown Jug!'
"Sakes allvel I thought to myself
that poor Mollie had been drinking
more of the rum than was good for
her, and I tell you it kind o cut me to
the heart. I forgot all about how many
times she'd seen me when my tongue
was thicker than it ought to be. and
my legs not so steady as good legs
ought to be: hut I said nothing. I
drank the sentiment 'the old brown
Jug' and let It go.
"Well. I went out after that and did
my chores and then went to bed; and
the last thing I said before leaving the
kitchen this very room where we now
alt was:
" 'We'll have the old brown Jug filled
tomorrow.'
"And I went off to bed. And I have
remembered ever since that I went
to bed that night, as I had done hun
dreds of times before, with a buzzing
in my head that a healthy man ought
not to have. I didn't think of it then
nor had I ever thought of it before, but
I've thought of It a good many times
and have thought of it with wonder
and awe.
"Well, I got up the next morning and
did my work at the barn, then came in
and ate my breakfast.but not with such
an appetite as a farmer ought to have,
and I could not think then that my ap
petite had begun to fall. However, I
ate my breakfast and then went out
and hitched up the old mare; for, to
tell the plain truth. I was feeling in the
need of a glass of spirits, and I hadn't a
drop in the house. I was in a hurry to
get to the village. I hitched up and
came in for the Jug.v I went for It in
the old cupboard, and took it out, and
"Did you ever break through the thin
ice on a snapping cold day. and find
yourself in an Instant over your head In
freezing water? Because, that is the
way I felt at that mcment. The Jug
was there, but the bottom was gone.
Mollie had taken a sharp chisel and a
hammer, and, with the skill that might
have done credit to a - master work
man, she had clipped the bottom clean
Some Uses of Water.
A strip of flannel or a soft napkin
folded lengthwise, dipped in hot water
and wrung out and then applied round
the neck of a child that has the croup
will surely bring relief in a few min
utes. A linen towel folded several times
and dipped in hot water, quickly wrung
and applied over the site of toothache
or neuralgia, will generally afford a
prom relief.
This treatment for colic has been
found to work like magic
Nothing so promptly cuts short a
oongsstion of the lur ga, aora throat or
out cf the Jug wltl out even cracking
the edges of the sides. I looked at tht
ivg, and then she burst out. She spoke
Oh, I had never heard anything !ik
it! No. nor have I heard anything like
it since. She said:
" "Charles, that's where the mort
gage on this farm came from! It wa
brought home with that Jug twe
quarts at a time! And there's where
your white, clean skin, and your clear,
pretty eyes are going also. Oh. let it b
as it is, dear heart! And remembei
your promise!'
"And then she threw her arms about
my neck and burst into tears. She
could speak no more.
"And . there was no need. My eye?
were opened as though by magic. In s
single minute the whole ecene passed
before me. I saw all the mortgages or
the farms In our neighborhood; anc"
I thought where the money had gene
The very last mortgage father had evei
made was to pay a bill held against
him by the man who had filled this Jug
for years! Yes, I saw it passed befor
me a glittering picture of rum! rum
rum! debt! debt! debt! and In the end
death. And I returned my Mollle'i
kiss, and said I:
" "Mollie, my own, I'll keep the prom
ise! I will, so help me heaven!"
"And I have kept it. In less than five
years, as Mollie had said, the mortgage
was cleared off; my appetite came back
to me; and now we've got a few thou
sand dollars at interest. There hangs
the old Jug Just as we hung it on that
day; and from that time there hasn't
been a drop of spirits brought into the
house for a beverage which that bot
tomless Jug wouldn't hold.
"Dear old Jug! We mean to keep it
and hand it down to our children for
the lesson It can give them a lesson of
a life happy, peaceful, prosperous and
blessed !"
And as he ceased speaking his wife,
with her arm drawn tenderly around
the neck of her youngest boy, murmur
ed a fervent amen.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Flour should always be sifted Just
before using, and measured after sift
ing. To cleanse the mica of stove doors
wash In salt and vinegar, and dry with
a soft cloth.
If the cellar has a damp smell and Is
difficult of ventilation, a few pans of
charcoal set on the shelves and in the
corners will make the air sweet and
pure.
A spoonful of scrambled eggs or ome
let left from breakfast and spread be
tween slices of buttered bread or bis
cuits makes a school lunch sandwich
that Is usually found acceptable. A
spoonful of creamed codfish Is also not
to be despised as a savory "filler" for
the cmniverous sandwich.
An exquisite mixture for perfuming
clothes that are to be packed away, and
which is said to keep out moths a'.so. is
made as follows: Pound to powder one
ounce each of cloves, caraway seed,
nutmeg, mace, cinnamon and Tonquin
beans, and as much orris root as will
equal the weight of the foregoing In
gredients put together. Little bags clj
thin muslin should be filled with this
mixture and placed among the gar
ments. A savory homemade chill sauce calls
for twelve large, bright scarlet toma
toes, pared and chopped together with
two fed peppers and five small onions.
Add to these two tablespoonfuls of salt,
two cups of vinegar, two tablespoons
and a half of brown sugar, with ginger,
cloves and cinnamon to suit. Cook
slowly on back of range for four or five
hours, stirring frequently with an ag
ate or wooden spoon to prevent Its ad
herence to the kettle. Put In wide
mouthed bottles, dipping the cork in
melted sealing wax. or put In glass
fruit Jars.
I WOULDN'T BE CROSS.
I wouldn't be cress, dear; it's never
worth while.
Disarm the vexation by wearing a
smile.
Let hap a disaster, a trouble, a loss.
Just meet the thing boldly and never
be cross.
I wouldn't be cross, dear, with people
at home.
They love you so fondly; whatever may
come.
You may count on the kinsfolk around
you to stand.
O. loyalty true, !n a brotherly band!
So, since the fine geld far excelleth
the dross.
I wou'.dn't te cross, dear; X wouldn't
be cross.
I wouldn't be crcas to the tranger
ah! no.
To the pilgrims we meet on the life
path we owe
This kindness; to give them good cheer
as they pass.
To clear out the flint-stones and plant
the soft grass.
No, dear, with a stranger. In trial or
loss,
I perchance might be silent; I wouldn't
be cross.
No bitterness sweetens; no sharpness
may heal
The wound which the soul Is too proud
to ' reveal.
No envy hath peace; by a fret and a Jar
The beautiful work of our hands we
may mar.
Let happen what may, dear, of trouble
and less,
I wouldn't be cross, love; I wouldn't
be cress.
Margaret E. Sangster.
President McKinley has told Mayor
Jones of Kansas City that he would
visit that city in June or September
next year.
rheumatism as hot water, when applied
early in the case and thoroughly.
Hot water taken freely half an hour
before bedtime ts an excellent cathartic
In the case of constipation, while it haa
a soothing effect upen the stomach and
bowels.
This treatment, continued a few
months, with the addition of a cupful
of hot water slowly sipped half an hour
before each meal, with proper atten
tion to diet, w ill cure most cases of dys
pepsia. Ordinary headaches almost alwaya
yield to the simultaneous application
of hot water to the feet and back ol
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' Every Animal Ite Own Doctor.
Animals get rid of their parasites by
using dust. mud. clay. etc. Those suf
fering from fever, drink water and
sometimes plunge into it. When a dog
has lost its appetite it eats that spe
cies of grass known as dog's grass,
which acts as an emetic and a purga
tive. Cats also eat grass. Sheep and
cows, when ill. seek out certain herbs.
An animal suffering from chronic rheu
matism always keeps, as far as possi
ble, in the sun. The warrior ants have
regularly organized ambulances. La
treille cut the antennae of the ant.
and other ants came and covered the
wounded part with a transparent fluid
secreted in their mouths.
If a chimpanzee is wounded, it stops
Ol ANT PHILIPINE BEES.
These Honeymakers May Be Intro
duced Into the United States.
There was one race inhabiting the
Philippines which will be a welcome ad
dition to American citizenship and will
receive every facility and inducement
to emigrate to the United States and
engage in the skilled labor in which it
has no superior. This is the giant East
Indian honey bee, whose immense ca
pacity for making honey and wax has
interested the department of agricul
ture in the consideration of an early
effort to Introduce it into the United
Shates. To science this bee is known as
Apis dorsata. It is common throughout
the tropical regions of the east, and in
the Philippine Islands the very largest
variety of tt;e species is found. It is
nearly one-haTf larger- than the Amer
ican native honey bee and build combs
heavy with wax and honey, five or six
times as large as those found In Amer
ican orchards and forests.
The question of acclimatizing these
lnhabltanes of the Philippines In the
colder latitudes of America is not dis
couraging. The giant bees are found in
the mountain regions all through India
and been seen busily at work at alti
tudes of 5.000 feet. In the Philippine
islands their colonies are most numer
ous in the mountains, as the unceasing
quest of the natives for their honey
combs has driven them from the un
protected flat lands of the coast to the
less thickly inhabited and more heav
ily wooded mountain regions. The Fil
ipinos find their daily bread a rather
easy proposition, but they are very fond
of honey on the staff of life. There Is
also a large demand for wax for use
In dyeing.
The big bees build their hives on tall
forest trees or on the overhanging
ledges of cliffs. "When undisturbed
branch swarms build near the parent
colony, so that In a few years an im
mense bee settlement cften grows up
In the forest. The bees build a comb
five or six feet long, four fet wide
and from seven-eighths to one and one
half inches in thickness. The largest
combs of the American honey bees are
not more than one-fifth of these dimen
sions. In appearance the giant Is a
smoky, glittering iridescent black wasp
like figure, with orange bands encir
cling his body. There have been re
ports that this bee is most ferocious
and on account of his great size ex
tremely dangerous, but Professor F.
Benton of the department of agricul
ture has seen and handled them in
their Jungle haunts, and he tells a dif
ferent story. They are such busy and
persevering workers, according to Prof.
Benton's account, that they have lost
dexterity with their stinging apparatus,
and although they alight full of wrath
and with evil Intent upon human hand
or body, they do not handle their ot
offensive weapon with skill, and it will
take them twenty or thirty seconds to
get taeur atlag 1 'verktaa; order. The
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the bleeding by placing Its hands on tht
wound or dressing It with leaves anl
grass. When an animal has a wouol
ed leg or arm hanging on. It completes
the amputation by means of Its teeth.
A dog, on being sturg on the muzzle by
a viper, was observed to plur.ee ita
head repeatedly for several days Into
running water. This animal eventual
ly recovered. A terrier hurt Its right
eye. It remained under a counter,
avoiding light and heat, although It
habitually kept close to the fire. It
adopted a general treatment of rest
and abstinence from food The loi-a
treatment consisted In licking the up
per surface of the paw, which It ap
plied to the wounded eye. again lick
ing the raw when it became dry.
are quiet as compared with American
bees.
Petitions have Len ccmlng Into th
department of egricuiture for years,
asking that the government Introduce
these giant bees Into the Ur.lttd States.
No attempt at bringing tr.em here !;a
ever been successful. Prcf. Pentoiv
tried to bring to the United States a
swarm of these henej rrakera which h
captured in the )trg:e. While he was
sick in bed, on his way home, no one
else on the vessel wculd attend to th?rn
and they all died.
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